Honoured to have been the casting director on this powerful film for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social 🇵🇸 “I Know” gives voice to Palestinian doctors fighting to keep healthcare alive under attack. Told in one unflinching shot. Raw. Real. Urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw3K...

Completely captivated by stellar actors Golda Rosheuvel & Letitia Wright as mother & daughter (& grandmother!) in gorgeously staged 'Not Your Superwoman' directed by Lynette Linton @bushtheatre.bsky.social

Totally fab to sit and chat over a lunchtime pizza with the remarkable young Darlington-born actor Owen Dagnall who I saw play Young Albert so brilliantly on tour in the NationalTheatre production of War Horse. Owen is definitely one to watch….with a very exciting future ahead!

Crikey O'Reilly! This was 29 years ago when we took over Primrose Hill (before I stopped working on cigarette campaigns of course!!). Happiest memory of that day? When 22 year old Robbie Williams rode up the hill on his BMX bike to see what we were up to and have a chat with us!!

Other fab actors I met up with and/or saw on stage this week include coffee with Joe Haddad, Sol Alberman in the LAMDA Grad Showcase, Rae Zoe in 'Fair Verona Road' & Alfie Webster in 'lenny'🎭💜

Finally caught the phenomenal, extraordinary & brilliant actor Elizabeth Hollingshead performing in the last ever show of the immersive Storehouse…and woweeee was I happy to have done so! (Oh and shhhh...don't tell..but, whilst I was there I stole a Tweet!)

I experienced something totally utterly extraordinary - Than Hussein Clark’s MOTHER HAS ARRIVED a 6 hour performance at Corvi Mora Gallery. Lewis Blomfield is transformed by prosthetics make-up artist Aurora Beadle into an 84 yr old woman, whilst talking with Benedict Wishart all within a glass box!

A wild ride watching writer @mogster.bsky.social's DRACULA @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social full of shocks & surprises ….designer Grace Smart's nightmarish set & gorgeous fantastical costumes made me gasp... as did the very exciting cast.....A visual and aural feast

Beg, steal or borrow! Just nab yerself a ticket for THE LAND OF THE LIVING at the National Theatre! Written by David Lan. Directed by Stephen Daldry. With the most mouth-watering cast imaginable! Unbelievably gorgeous staging, costumes, sound, lighting, music, choreography...it's a masterpiece!

Spent a side-splittingly funny evening (with some poignant, sharp intake of breath moments) seeing Chris England’s beautifully written The Charlie Williams Story at the White Bear Theatre. Tony Marshall perfectly embodies the comedian. Nick Denning-Read plays 30 characters brilliantly! Five stars!

As well as seeing it at the National Theatre last year, yesterday I saw TILL THE STARS COME DOWN for the third time at Theatre Royal Haymarket. WHAT a show - so brilliant, funny, devastatingly sad, moving, emotional. Incredible writing by Beth Steel. The whole cast is simply totally fantabulous🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Had the best fun in the superbly created working pub at Greenwich Theatre being immersed in the up-and-down lives of the publicans & other characters all portrayed by brilliant Kellie Shirley & Peter Caulfield in Jim Cartwright’s TWO. And I got to share a table with John Cannon @cdgnews.bsky.social!

Enchanted by The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe @sadlerswells.bsky.social. Such an energetic cast, fabulous puppetry, gorgeous choreography & wonderful songs. Special shout-out to charismatic Anya De Villiers as Mrs Beaver, a really talented young actor, musician, dancer & singer.Watch out for her!

Discovered a whole lot of talent @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social Springboard who performed two fantastic one acts plays by Shona Graham & Chloe Yates terrifically directed by Rebekah Murrell

Still reeling from @proforcatheatre.bsky.social's immensely powerful AT LAST @landutheatre.bsky.social. The excellent, deeply emotive cast is superbly directed by @davidbrady83.bsky.social

A small person and me had the FUNNEST time watching The Enormous Crocodile at Regents Park Open Air Theatre! Absolutely awesome cast, costumes, stage design, songs and dancing! (And...it didn't rain!)

Thrilled to have visited @sageandjester.bsky.social's immersive show STOREHOUSE in Deptford before the run finishes on 20/09! As well as the spectacular staging, sound & lighting design, I was enthralled by Chris Agha's magnetic performance…couldn’t take my eyes off him…he’s amazing!

Desperate to leave my computer behind after a crazy work week, I impulsively bought a £15 back-of-the-stalls STANDING ticket to see BORN WITH TEETH starring Ncuti Gatwa & Edward Bluemel Best decision ever! WHAT a production! Utterly totally brilliant! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Cracking Saturday afternoon at the Almeida Theatre watching 60 wonderful members of All Change, @cardboardcitz.bsky.social & Islington Community Group performing in 81 (Life)

Took a train to @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social for Ralph Fiennes’ As You Like It which features a SIMPLY SPECTACULAR SUPERLATIVE cast. Brilliant work by Ginny Schiller @cdgnews.bsky.social. My shout-outs go to Charlie Rowe, Amber Grappy, Gloria Obianyo, Harriet Walter, Imogen Elliott & Michael Brophy

Happy memories of my very first work place. Junior Graphic Designer at BBC Bristol - Animal Magic, Going For A Song, Take Hart (featuring Dave Sproxton & Peter Lord’s iconic Morph), Wildlife On One - back in the (g)olden days of 1979!

Thinking of the 51 gorgeous talented creative young people, (many of whom I knew), - photographers, models, make-up artists, agents - with their whole lives ahead of them who drowned when the pleasure boat Marchioness was mown down by a dredger on the Thames near Southwark Bridge 36 years ago today

Privileged to be at last night's screening of the incredibly powerful documentary 'Holloway’ followed by a superb Q&A at The Garden Cinema. Unbelievably moving to see former inmates revisiting their old cells & to comprehend the shattering childhood trauma & domestic abuse that led them to prison

Fab young actor Owen Dagnall's deeply emotional lead performance as Albert Narracott in the National Theatre production of WAR HORSE @newwimbtheatre.bsky.social was tear-jerkingly beautiful. (Hooray for my waterproof mascara!) Catch it on tour in Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Cardiff & Norwich🎭🐴❤️

Had such a heavenly lunch & non-stop chat with my gorgeous young old friend actor Anna Longaretti...

Wanted to see Pete Machale's DEAR YOUNG MONSTER for ever! Finally caught it @sohotheatre.bsky.social! Such a profound experience, beautifully directed by Sammy J Glover @jsdproductions.bsky.social

Calling all @edfringe.bsky.social folks! This show is an absolute MUST SEE!!! @hannahroseplatt.bsky.social ‘Fragile Creatures’ is a mini masterpiece. Hannah, her lyrics, her music, her storytelling & her voice are all utterly gorgeous..I'm a massive fan! It's on till Saturday. Catch it if you can!

Great to see Aamir Khan's epic movie Lagaan as ’the single film that represents a nation' in yesterday’s Guardian...and..oh woweee do I have happy memories of being right there on the film set in Bhuj, Gujarat in India just over a quarter of a century ago!🎬🎭🏏🇮🇳

Hey @edfringe.bsky.social folks! Hot recommendation!!! Do not miss The Big House's BLAZE FM! This show is on fire!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 At The Pleasance Courtyard Two - every day at 16.45

Heavenly theatre trip with gorgeous Zita @etcasting.bsky.social to see uber-talented Matthew Leonhart playing the lead role of Tatsuo in ‘My Neighbour Totoro’

Oh how I love my gorgeous Jocie Juritz pencil necklace! Check out her amazing animations on her @jociejuritzcollection Instagram page✏️😘

Hey @edfringe.bsky.social folks! Make sure that Jeremy Stockwell's brilliant OUT OF MY HEAD is on your bucket list! It's at The Pleasance Courtyard Upstairs at 3.00pm every day!

Don’t think I’ll be in Edinburgh this year so I'm lapping up as many @edfringe.bsky.social previews that I can 'down South'! Saturday was a fun 50 minutes watching highly energetic & hilarious Bethany Agaoglu , Nell Sternberg & Jordan Wilks in Eggs & Baskets at King Alfred Phoenix Theatre

A small person & me absolutely adored The Smeds & The Smoos at the Lyric in Shaftesbury Avenue....especially when ‘grandfather’ watered the roses (“and the front rows-es”) and we got soaked! Big shout-out to brilliant understudy Lolly Platt.

Stuart Burt Casting smashes it yet again! Such a fun evening watching a whole load of multi-talented, all instrumental-playing, dancing, singing (mostly young) actors in 'Sing Street' @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social

Proud of my friend Serge Nicholson of hotmetal press for producing Letter To My Little Trans Self with Libro Levi Bridgeman. Inspirational readings at the book launch at the ICA were by writers Eva Echo, Sabah Choudrey, Lauren J Joseph, Gareth Gavin, Juliet Jacques, Bambi Jordan Phillips, D Mortimer

The Girl From The North Country @oldvictheatre.bsky.social features a fantastic ensemble cast, gorgeously reimagined Bob Dylan songs and beautiful staging

So fun to be at Jonathan Maitland's 'WILKO: Love & Death & Rock & Roll' at Leicester Square Theatre watching my very talented actor/musician friend Jon House (Lee Brilleaux) play harmonica with Centrist Dad (Robert Peston, Ed Balls, John Wilson & Chris Taylor)

Over the moon that Nadine Wilson's WUSS, an absolutely gorgeous short film featuring Kellie Shirley, George Russo, Joseph Davison, Erin Jemmotte, Marcelo Cartade, Amy Gallagher, on which I’m casting director is now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDyn...

Oh I do love a rehearsed reading! Thrilling to experience Kit Green's riveting new play 'Sex Strike’ at Wilton's Music Hall performed by Laurie Ward, Charli Cowgill, Danielle James, Mio Lobban, Bertie Hodd & Kim Tatum

It’s totally irresistible! Saw it at the National Theatre last year and totally adored it! Yesterday was my second time in ten days sitting on-stage to see the utterly brilliant ’Till The Stars Come Down' at Theatre Royal Haymarket!

Extremely privileged to sit so close to the stage watching the truly outstanding cast of Lynn Nottage's 'Intimate Apparel' @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social: Samira Wiley, Nicola Hughes, Kadiff Kirwan, Alex Waldmann, Faith Omole & Claudia Jolly.

Martin Rowson’s The *Untsiad⁠ - ‘A Performance For 12 Voices’ - featuring Martin himself, Nick Revell, Rosie Holt, Stewart Lee, Arthur Smith, Mark Steel, Jack Klaff, Eliza Carthy, Clare Ferguson Walker, Matt Copson & Andy Croft at The Cockpit Theatre was superb!

Thrilled to announce 'The Sikh Soldier' which I co-cast with Nikki Meadows is now streaming worldwide on Apple TV and on Vimeo Apple TV: tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the... Vimeo: thesikhsoldier.vhx.tv Happy South Asian Heritage Month!🎭🎬🇮🇳🎉

What a daunting project that must have been to take on ...such a huge script....I’m in awe of Rosamund Pike who was on stage speaking virtually non stop for 100 minutes in Suzie Miller's Inter Alia at the National Theatre

Oh oh oh how I absolutely adored Shaan Sahota's superbly written THE ESTATE at the National Theatre and (another) oh..... WHAT an absolutely stupendous cast!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Been feeling a bit HOT and STICKY today?! Throwback to this image which I both cast and styled for the Heal's Furniture 'What The Heal's Going On?' ad campaign photographed by @davidstewwwart.bsky.social

Hooray for waterproof mascara! Spent a joyful evening at Scene & Heard watching hilarious actors perform short plays written by 10 & 11 year olds. I’m a long time supporter of Scene & Heard a unique mentoring charity that partners the inner-city children of Somers Town London with arts professionals

Fab to be at yet another inspirational, creative, fun (& delicious!) evening of performances by talented @cleanbrk.bsky.social‬ members from the Theatre Makers & Writers Circle workshops. Clean Break - a women's theatre company changing lives &changing minds: on stage, in prison & in the community.

Whooop whoop! After five weeks of non-stop work on a beautiful big dementia charity campaign casting…Shoot Day One (of four!) has begun!